Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.02% for Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 0.02% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.02% in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard (MA) has 18 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.02% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.02% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.02%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.02%, roughly flat from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.02% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.02% (2023), against an average of 0.02%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Invested Capital changed 0 bps; it then gained 1 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.01% in 2022, then dropped by 3 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then advanced by 18 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then grew by 9 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then grew by 0 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 0.00%
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 0.02%
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.00%
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 0.00%
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.00%
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.00%
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 0.00%
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 0.00%
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.00%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.02%
Dec 31, 2025 0.02%
Sep 30, 2025 0.02%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.02%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.02%
Mar 31, 2023 0.02%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.01%